Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Seeing that even the Alchemist Sniper had no effect on the "Big Barrel," Nordow was truly disheartened. Without uttering another word, he quickly transformed into a rocket and launched it from its spot, bombarding the "Great Unity."

This wasn't because he wanted to die, but because he decided to sacrifice this mechanical body to buy his main body and the mechanical temple a little time to escape.

This mechanical god had no intention of fighting anymore.

"The enemy is too strong. If we continue fighting, we will inevitably be defeated. We must act decisively and retreat!"

Nordow's mind raced. As his mechanical body transformed into a rocket and hurtled towards the Thunder Pool, his soul essence, hidden inside the mechanical temple, swiftly issued a command. The entire temple immediately began to shake violently, then its foundation was uprooted, it rose into the air, and tore open a spatial rift in place.

As a result of this action, the divine barrier outside the steel city wall immediately disappeared, and the transport aircraft and operation robots fell down as if the power had been cut off, crashing onto the steel wall or into the sea.

As for the fighter jets, spaceships, and combat mechs surrounding the Mechanical Temple, they all flew towards the Thunder Pool in a massive, overwhelming manner, but only to cover the Mechanical Temple's departure. The vast majority of them were given self-destruct orders.

"Leaving already? That's quite decisive!"

Lei Chi easily captured the rocket that Nordwa had transformed into with the Hongchen Gourd without even making a sound. Then, with a flick of his sleeve, a large number of plasma fins appeared around his body, instantly becoming densely packed.

"kill!"

Lei Chi exhaled, and the plasma fins around him immediately flew out, bombarding the various aircraft and combat mechs that were coming towards him.

Plasma fins are the fastest to strike. Lei Chi can instantly conjure hundreds or even thousands of them with a thought. Their power is much greater than that of a simple thought, and they are more than enough to clear out mobs.

But Lei Chi's methods didn't stop there. As the mechanical temple floated away, the divine power barrier disappeared, and the sixteen star pillars that were originally suspended in mid-air were no longer obstructed and quickly descended.

Subsequently, the Star Array was activated, and the star map in the sky became even brighter. One star after another lit up, and suddenly starlight splashed. Countless aircraft and combat mechs trapped in the Star Array were attacked silently, and one after another, they exploded.

"This Star Array truly consumes a lot of energy!"

Lei Chi sensed the flow of his inner universe and found that he could still sustain the Star Array for a while. He quickly stepped out, but instead of chasing the Mechanical Temple, he teleported to the vicinity of Zhuo Li and Xinuo, players from the Tech Temple.

The two quantum pioneers were somewhat bewildered at this moment, looking around as if they were thinking about something. Upon seeing the danger zone, they immediately fled.

Quickly, their bodies began to blur, as if they were about to turn into tiny particles, appearing as if they had been pixelated from a distance.

However, as Lei Chi arrived, the tigers followed. Two multicolored eighth-order [Great Mighty Tigers] rushed out of the void and pounced on the two of them. They then pinned them down with their front paws, like a big cat pinning down two little mice. The two quantum vanguards of the Temple of Technology were immediately unable to move, and their bodies condensed back!

Give me a reason not to kill you.

Lei Chi, with his back to them, spoke coldly.

At this moment, more than half of the massive mechanical temple has entered the spatial rift, making it difficult to intercept. However, the pioneering quantum computer has marked it, allowing it to lock onto its location. Even if it escapes, it should be able to be found quickly again.

Therefore, Lei Chi was not in a hurry to attack, but instead became interested in Zhuo Li and Xinuo in the chaos.

The advanced quantum computer had already provided information about the two individuals, informing Lei Chi that they came from the Temple of Technology and were ordered to assist the Mechanical God in attacking Bliss City. Their combat power was just over 100 million, similar to the mechanical pioneers who had previously invaded Bliss City.

Even with their formidable fighting prowess, they were utterly powerless against the Great Tiger that Lei Chi had condensed with the power of his cosmos.

"We...we come from the Temple of Technology, we are students of Teacher Infinity!" Zhuo Li suddenly said. "You can't kill us, otherwise you'll incur Teacher Infinity's wrath!"

"Yeah?"

Lei Chi had no time for words. With a thought, the mighty tiger that was "suppressing" Zhuo Li immediately transformed into the [Sang Biao] with six arms. [Sang Biao] was known for its ferocity and brutality. It would not obediently hold Zhuo Li down, but would immediately start tearing at her frantically, almost instantly ripping her to shreds.

Seeing this, Xinuo was terrified and hurriedly said, "I...I surrender, please don't kill me! I have a quantum shuttle here, a divine artifact to deal with the tower defense lord. I know how to operate it. I'm willing to join Bliss City and pledge my loyalty to you. Please don't kill me!"

"Hmph, what right do you have to pledge allegiance?"

With a flick of his sleeve, Lei Chi transformed the Great Tiger that had been holding Xinuode down into the Iron Kun. Once it took shape, it shook its head and wagged its tail, swallowing Xinuode whole in one gulp.

This was not to kill Xinuo; Lei Chi merely used the [Iron Kun]'s devouring method to send him into his own inner universe.

This is no different from Lei Chi using his own devouring technique to swallow Xinuo.

The reason for doing this was that Lei Chi didn't have time to learn about quantum shuttles right now, and he thought he would leave this person alive and ask her in detail after he finished his work.

Next, Lei Chi took a second step, not to pursue the Mechanical Temple, but to arrive at a place hundreds of kilometers away.

The place seemed deserted, without a soul in sight, but Lei Chi said, "You've been observing from the shadows for so long, why don't you come out and meet me?"

The sound boomed and traveled in all directions.

However, there was no response from the surroundings, and Lei Chi called out twice more, but to no avail.

"This is no fun!" Lei Chi looked at a void. "If you don't cooperate, I will personally invite you out."

After speaking, Lei Chi pressed his right palm towards the direction his gaze was directed, and immediately a fiery red chain appeared, coiling forward swiftly like a serpent.

"Huh? You actually found me!"

A deep voice rang out, and then the foreign player with eagle claws appeared. He was bound by the chains of the Thunder Pool around his waist and could not break free.

Those chains are the [Sunfire Chains]!

"You, you..."

The eagle-claw monster panicked and shouted, "I was hiding in the void, how could you bind me with chains?"

Lei Chi calmly replied, "Hiding in the void? Your concealment techniques are far inferior to those of the Void Sword God. What difficulty would there be in binding you?"

"The Void Sword God!" The eagle-clawed monster's expression hardened upon hearing this, his eyes gleaming. "You know the Void Sword God? You... do you recognize the Lord of the Great Bear Star Realm, Floating All Beings!"

"The pagoda of sentient beings?" Lei Chi pondered for a moment, then said, "I haven't even asked you yet, and you're already asking me!"

The eagle-clawed monster looked embarrassed and said, "As you probably know, I come from a star system. I think we can avoid being enemies, so, could you release me? I think we might be able to cooperate!"

"Cooperation? What a joke! First, obediently become my prisoner!"

As he spoke, Lei Chi's expression turned cold. He pulled on the Yangyan Chain in his hand and sent the eagle-claw monster into his inner universe, trapping him in a cloud of primordial dust.

Xinuo of the Temple of Technology was also within this cloud of primordial dust.

To be precise, this wisp of primordial dust hangs within the first universe of Lei Chi's body, above the Wuji Star.

"This eagle-claw monster might know something about the Holy Palace. I don't know who the 'Floating Beings' he mentioned are. Perhaps they are related to the Void Sword God. I'll interrogate him slowly when I have time..."

At this moment, Lei Chi's mind flashed, and he took another step, leaving the Star Array and beginning his pursuit of the Technological Temple.

The Temple of Technology soared through the air, and in a single leap, it had already traveled tens of thousands of miles away from the City of Bliss.

This feature is called "Leap"!

Nordhua controlled the temple, extracting energy from the mechanical furnace at any cost, and made the technological temple leap ten times in a row!

He was quite ruthless. Once he decided to escape, he abandoned everything—the mechanical pioneer, the junior schoolmate, the combat mech, and so on—all of it, just to escape and live on.

"That giant barrel is strange, its strength is extraordinary, and it's impossible to fight it head-on. Now the Mechanical Temple has made ten consecutive jumps, and is nearly a million kilometers away from the territory of Elysium City. We should be able to shake it off! It's a pity that all the subordinates and main force I've built up over so long have been wiped out in this battle. But as long as I'm alive, I can make a comeback..."

Nordowa pondered silently, and at that moment he sent out another puppet body, named "Nordowa II".

This puppet body is exactly the same as the appearance he previously displayed. It is one of his spare bodies. He has three such spare bodies, and a fourth one is still under construction.

"I don't know where we are. Let's scout out the surroundings first. For the next long time, I'll have to rest and recuperate..."

Nordow adjusted to his new body and then pushed open the door of the mechanical temple.

The next moment, this tall, cold body stood still as if it had been frozen in place.

"You, you..."

He murmured to himself, and in his field of vision, Lei Chi stood with his hands behind his back, as if he had been waiting there for a long time.

"Your escape speed is still not good enough!"

Lei Chi walked slowly forward, seemingly leisurely, but with the momentum of a fierce tiger, causing Nord Hua's newly replaced body to retreat continuously.

"What, aren't you welcoming me?" Lei Chi laughed. "Aren't you going to show me around your mechanical temple?"

Nordow calmed himself down and said, "You, what kind of monster are you? Are you really a contemporary player?"

"I told you, I'm not a monster, I am the Great Unity!" Lei Chi laughed. "Don't say that next time we meet."

As soon as he finished speaking, the phantoms of the Four Heavenly Kings appeared behind Lei Chi, and two more Great Tigers leaped out from Qi's outstretched arms on the left and right.

The appearance of the Four Heavenly Kings and the Great Tiger signifies battle. They are living beast towers condensed from Lei Chi's inner universe, and they immediately shrink to Nordhua as their attack target.

Nordwa offered no resistance, allowing the Four Heavenly Kings and [Great Tiger] to surround him. Thunderball, however, understood and said, "Self-destruct?"

The next moment, Nordwa indeed self-destructed. The terrifying explosion occurred directly at the entrance of the mechanical temple, its destructive power no less than that of a nuclear weapon. It generated intense light and heat, and the entire mechanical temple shook violently. The four Heavenly Kings and [Great Tiger], who were closest to it, were severely impacted, their bodies twisted, and they quickly turned into streams of light and were collected by the Thunder Pool.

Lei Chi neither dodged nor avoided the terrifying explosion, but deliberately withstood it head-on. After a moment, when the dust settled, Lei Chi patted the dust off his body. He looked completely unharmed, and even his clothes were undamaged.

"Pretty ruthless, but unfortunately, it's still a bit lacking in power!"

Lei Chi shook his head. He spread his divine sense and found that the Temple of Technology had also been damaged in many places in the explosion, with exaggerated cracks appearing in many areas.

At that moment, the Pioneer AI finally transmitted a message to Lei Chi: "Ding, conventional information collection failed, unable to deduce target status. Attempted to send a reverse signal, successful transmission, awaiting reply..."

"Ding, reply received, deciphering..."

"Ding, decryption complete!"

"Ding, establishing communication..."

Lei Chi understood that the Open Space Brain had been trying to find the threat hidden in the Mechanical Temple. Nordhua's continuous jumps to escape the Mechanical Temple had affected its information gathering, making it unable to make calculations. Therefore, it adopted the second option, which was to transmit information through the previously intercepted signal channel.

To Lei Chi's surprise, it actually recovered.

The quantum computer continued to broadcast to Lei Chi: "I have sensed your information, divine being. You possess supreme qualities, but your traits are not recorded in the Imperial archives. You are still very young, but you have an infinitely bright future. What should I call you?"

"Huh, is he talking to me?" Lei Chi quickly thought for a moment and said to the AI, "Reply to him that my name is Da Yitong, and ask him who he is!"

Soon, the Pioneer AI broadcast again: "Reply received: Do not doubt, you are a young Supreme Divine Sequence. It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Heavenly Venerable 152, and I also possess a Supreme Divine Sequence. So, are you willing to help me, my friend?"

"As expected, it's the 152nd Heavenly Venerable!" Lei Chi quickly processed the information the other party was conveying.

Meanwhile, the mechanical god Nordhua has run away again.

This time, he abandoned the mechanical temple.

His soul fire and the divine fire of faith combined to form a ball of light, which is his origin and his true form.

"Nordwald III" and "Nordwald IV" protected the sphere of light and entered the mechanical temple's exclusive extradimensional space through the mechanical furnace of the mechanical temple. They then transferred within it and entered a hidden extradimensional space.

That other-dimensional space is called "Infinite Council Chamber".